Predatory impact of the freshwater invader Dikerogammarus villosus (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1078-1084

  Dick, Jaimie T A ^a   Platvoet, Dirk ^a   Kelly, David W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; PREDATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; DIKEROGAMMARUS; DIKEROGAMMARUS VILLOSUS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS DUEBENI;

EID: 0036379288     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f02-074     Document Type: Article

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